Chapter Thirteen—Flattering Enemies and Renewed Trust Though Christian and Hopeful both had moments of weakness, they were not always weak in the same way. Without Hopeful, Christian would have met his end in Doubting Castle; without Christian, Hopeful would have come to grief in the Enchanted Ground. The narrow way is no place for…

For 100 Years, Planned Parenthood Has Silenced Millions Of Women “Planned Parenthood has consistently claimed to ‘care’ for women and champion ‘women’s rights’—yet they silence any woman who thinks women deserve better than Planned Parenthood… Women deserve better than Planned Parenthood.” Prone to Wander “A tender conscience is the fruit of word-enriched cultivation. A tender…

I. Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God! He, whose word cannot be broken, Form’d thee for his own abode: On the rock of ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose? With salvation’s walls surrounded, Thou mayst smile at all thy foes. II. See the streams of living…

The past several weeks of unjargoned have covered a selection of the “jargon” used by biblical scholars. While we will certainly come back to this in a later series, we have reached the end of this segment—which means that next week it is time for our quiz! If you have missed some of the terms,…

Your problem is bigger than you think. Now I must confess, since have no way of knowing who might be reading this, I don’t know what your problem might be. It could be as minor as a hangnail or as devastating as cancer, as temporary as (most) power outages or as permanent as the death…

All human communities live out of some story that provides a context for understanding the meaning of history and gives shape and direction to their lives. If we allow the Bible to become fragmented, it is in danger of being absorbed into whatever other story is shaping our culture, and it will thus cease to…

Chapter Nine—Refreshment at God’s River Christian and Hopeful’s reflections on the monument to Lot’s wife are a model of how to respond to those that have fallen to destruction. The failures of others should always lead us to self-examination rather than self-congratulation. If we escape the temptations that have caused others to fall, it…

When Does Mommy Get to Rest? “Mothering remains a challenge. Moms with young kids are always on-call. Who knows what the next seven days will entail? But in whatever needs are to arise, moms live in an everyday promise we have in Christ. One day we shall see him face to face and enter into…

You that have hitherto spent your time in the pursuit of satisfaction in the profit or glory of the world, or in the pleasures and vanities of youth, have this day an offer of that excellent and everlasting peace and blessedness, which Christ has purchased with the price of his own blood. As long as…